British-born actor Daniel Day-Lewis is a front-runner to win the Academy Award for his portrayal of the 16th U.S. president in Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln. 

In the film, Abraham Lincoln, as played by the two-time Oscar winner, forcefully sums up the absurdity of slavery.

“Euclid’s first common notion is this: things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other,” he says. “That’s a rule in mathematical reasoning. It’s true because it works.”

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict